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I Educational Survey of ♦ 

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Educational Survey of 

Johnson County 

Georgia 



By 

M. L. DUGGAN, Rural School Agent 

AND 

EURI BELLE BOLTON, 

Extension Dept., G. N. L College 
No. 32 

Under Direction of State 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 



M. L. BRITTAIN 

State Superintendent of Schools 
19 2 1 



?%' 



JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 

Hon. L. L. Lillard, County Superintendent, Wrightsville, Ga. 



County Board of Education. 

Hon. J. W. Brinson, Chairman Wrightsville, R. F. D. 

Hon. W. L. Mixon Kite, Ga., R. 1. 

Hon. W. C. Brantley Oconee, Ga., R. 1. 

Hon. Z. T. Houser Scott, Ga. 

Hon. S. L. Powell Wrightsville, Ga. 



Home Economics Agent 

Miss Clemmie Massey Wrightsville, Ga. 



Farm Demonstration Agent 
Mr. M. E. Crow Wrightsville, Ga. 



IISRARY OF: CONGRESS 
DOCUMENTS DIVISION 

■ ■' I ll li llOHM— ^i— ^— «M 



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JOHNSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 

At the request of the Superintendent and County Board 
of Education, a survey of the educational facihties of John- 
son County was undertaken during the month of March, 
1921. It included only white schools, and all references in 
this report are to white schools only. 

In company with the superintendent every school was 
visited, and particular consideration was given to their lo- 
cations, with reference to each other, grounds, buildings, en- 
rollment, attendance, organization, teaching force, and fi- 
nancial support, and objective measurements of educational 
results were made of all pupils above second grade in read- 
ing, writing, arithmetic, spelling, and language. Photo- 
graphs were made of all the school houses. We ask a 
careful examination of the pictures of these buildings and 
the itemized inventories of school equipment, as given in 
this bulletin. 

The location of the schools with reference to each other, 
shows that there are very many more than necessary to 
meet the needs of all the children of the county, and in most 
instances they are much nearer to each other than is con- 
templated under the law. The school law requires that 16 sq. 
miles shall be the minimum size of school districts, which 
would separate them by at least four miles. (See Georgia 
School Code, Section 117, Page 40.) If this law was com- 
plied with 18 or 20 would be the maximum number of 
schools for the county, instead of 39. 

At all of the rural schools the grounds are unattractive 
and neglected. It was difficult in most cases to ascertain 
definite information concerning the areas or titles, except 
in towns and villages. 



The rural school houses are inadequate, frequently insan- 
itary, insufficiently and improperly lighted, some of them 
are uncomfortable, and nowhere were they "pointed to with 
pride". There was nothing in or around them calculated 
to attract or inspire child life. 

The school equipment is very meager, and not provided 
with any intention of greatly facilitating the education of 
the children of the county. Teachers' helps were conspicu- 
ous by their absence. 

According to the last census there are 2,743 white chil- 
dren of school age in the county. The last official report 
shows an enrollment in the schools of 2,559 ; but the aver- 
age attendance was only 1,496. This low average atten- 
dance, taken together with the very short school year, 
makes a very poor showing towards the education of John- 
son County children. 

Generally the financial support is liberal, as compared to 
the educational results. Special attention is called to these 
educational results as reported in detail elsewhere in this 
bulletin. More money should be devoted to the proper edu- 
cation of the children of the county, but the public would be 
fully justified in demanding that more education per dollar 
be assured before more dollars for education is paid. Such 
assurance can be given only by the county school authori- 
ties through a complete reorganization and vigorous admin- 
istration of the system. The responsibility rests upon the 
county administration but they should have the hearty 
sympathy and moral support of all good citizens. The sole 
purpose of this investigation and report is to reveal the 
school conditions to the public and to endeavor to point a 
way to a better educational system for the county. 

The taxable property of Johnson County, according to 
the Tax Receiver's Digest, (estimated to be 32% of its real 
value) is $3,625,429.00. To this may be added the corpor- 



ate property within the county of $238,301.00, making a 
total of $3,863,730.00, subject to county taxation. A county 
school tax of 5 mills levied against all of the property of the 
County, as allowed by the late constitutional amendment, 
would yield $19,318.65, which added to the county's appor- 
tionment of the state school fund of $24,730.35, would give 
the Board of Education $44,049.00 for school purposes. 

With a reduced number of schools through consolidations" 
and with $44,000 a year for operating these schools, there 
would be afforded greatly increased opportunity for select- 
ing well trained teachers, to supply expert supervision, 
ion, to furnish better school equipment, and to carry on a 
progressive building program (with local help) which would 
within a few years give the county school buildings to which 
they would ''point with pride". Thus, the school system of 
the county could soon be changed from the many "little 
schools" that are failures from every standpoint to educa- 
tional institutions of real merit. The difference in educa- 
tional service rendered to the children of the county could 
not be expressed in dollars and cents. The opportunity be- 
fore the county school administration is very great and, 
fortunately there are no difficult legal complications nor 
other serious obstacles to hinder a proper organization or 
reorganization of the county school system. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 

1. A LIBERAL COUNTY TAX LEVY TO PROVIDE 
ADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR BETTER 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 

2. A HIGHER PROFESSIONAL STANDARD FOR 
TEACHERS. Adequate scholarship and professional 
training should be required. No school can be any bet- 
ter than its teacher. 

3. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS OR CONFER- 
ENCES OF ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE RE- 
QUIRED. Teachers should be paid for this service out 
of the public school funds. 

4. THERE SHOULD BE CONSTANT AND CAREFUL 
SUPERVISION OF THE TEACHING PROCESSES IN 
ALL OF THE SCHOOLS. Formal reports upon such 
supervision should be made regularly to the county 
board of education, and kept on permanent file. 

5. A careful and deliberate selection of such schools as 
give best promise of progress and permanency should 
be made and designated as "GROUP CENTER 
SCHOOLS". These should be well distributed over the 
county, and usually not nearer than seven to ten miles 
to each other. Some of these should be made junior 
high schools, and all others grouped around these cen- 
ters and limited to from five to seven grades according 
to whether they have one or two teachers. At the 
"Group Center Schools" should be held community 
meetings, school fairs, contests, Parent-Teacher Asso- 
sociations, etc., for their entire territory, and every en- 
couragement should be given to making them strong, 
efficient, and influential. They will in time gradually 
absorb many of the "little schools" within their sev- 
eral groups, and their influence will extend to all. 



6. A Progressive and liberal building program should be 
laid out by the county administration, beginning at 
the "Group Center Schools". Liberal appropriations 
should be made by the county board of education from 
time to time for permanent and attractive school 
houses, to be duplicated locally by District taxation or 
otherwise, and administered under advice and super- 
vision of the county administration. Such policy would 
gradually give to the county at strategic points modern 
and permanent school houses that would be a perpetual 
encouragement and inspiration to children and citizens 
alike, and prove to be the county's most valuable and 
attractive assets. Such investments are always prof- 
itable. 



THE TEACHING FORCE. 



TABLE 


SHOWING 


TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS OF 


TEACHERS. 


LICENSE 
Grade 


Primary 
1st 2nd 3rd 


El 

1st 

9 

4 


ementary 
2nd 3rd 

8 4 
7 


High School 
1st 2nd 3rd 


Total 
Teachers 


One- Teacher 
Two-Teacher 


Schools 
Schools 


1 1 

1 2 3 


2 — 





25 

17 




Training 
Grade 


Elementary 
7th 


High 

8th 9th 


School 
10th nth 


College 
1 2 3 


4 


No. of 
Teachers 


One-Teacher 
Two-Teacher 


Schools 
Schools 


2 


7 3 
1 1 


2 9 

3 9 


— 1 -- 





25 
17 












Experience 


1 Year 2 Years 


4 or 
3 Years More Years 


( 


Total No. 
?) Teachers 


One-Teacher 
Two-Teacher 


Schools 5 2 
Schools 5 6 


6 6 
2 1 


3 


25 

17 




Service at 

Present School 1 Year 2 Years 


4 or 
3 Years More Years 


( 


Total No. 
?) Teachers 


One-Teacher 
Two-Teacher 


Schools 16 3 
Schools 12 1 


1 — 


6 
3 


25 

17 



From the table above it will readily be seen that there 
are no standards of qualifications for teachers in Johnson 
County. Four of the teachers in the one- and two-teacher 
schools hold a third-grade primary license and four hold 
a third-grade elementary license ; three hold a second-grade 
primary license and fifteen hold a second-grade elementary 
license. Less than half of the teachers in these small 
schools hold a first-grade license. This fact alone shows 
that the scholarship of the teachers is very poor. A large 
number of the teachers in these schools are mere girls who 
have had only seventh, eighth, or ninth grade training in 
their little home schools. Many of them have never seen 
a real school and have not the slightest conception of how 
a good school should be taught. A teacher who has had 
only eighth or ninth grade training in a small school does 
not know the subjects she has to teach well enough to 
teach the sixth and seventh grades. She knows nothing of 
child nature and of the best methods of teaching. How 
could she be expected to teach little first and second grade 
children as they should be taught? 



Two of the best small schools visited were taught by 



teachers who have some training. One of the teachers re- 
ferred to has had normal training and one is a graduate of 
an A. & M. School and has had summer school work. Both 
of their schools were neat and orderly. The children had a 
fine school spirit which was largely the result of story-tell- 
ing work and school activities other than the "mere hear- 
ing of lessons." One of the schools had a school pig and a 
school garden. 

If any untrained teacher who is now in the county wishes 
to carry to her pupils the full measure of inspiration that 
comes from true teaching, if she wishes to lead her people 
into the realization of a richer community life, if she wishes 
to help the school authorities bring a good school within 
reach of every child in the county: — if there be any un- 
trained teacher who wishes to have a part in such a great 
work, she will find two or three years in one of the normal 
schools in the state to be an investment in time and money 
which will bring returns of incalculable value. 

The teachers of the three large schools are much better 
trained than the teachers in the small schools. The data 
secured concerning their qualifications was not complete 
and is not included in the table. A program of consolida- 
tion is recommended elsewhere in this bulletin. It will take 
a number of years to work out this scheme of consolida- 
tion, but steps to improve the teaching force of the county 
should be taken immediately. Johnson County has for a 
number of years paid as good salaries as some of the larger 
and wealthier counties. The Board of Education should 
adopt such a scale in the payment of salaries that the train- 
ed teachers will be encouraged to increase their professional 
strength by attending summer schools, and that the un- 
trained teachers will feel it necessary to attend normal 
school and fit themselves for their work. As a result of 
such a policy the county will in time have a strong capable 
corps of teachers. 



UKTAUDATION AND EIJIMINATION 



Aare 



Ajri — (itndf Distriliutiun 
One-and-Two Teacher Schools. 



10 11 12 



14 15 16 17 18 Total 



Grade 










VIII 


— 


— 


_ 


-- 


I 


9 


ir.7 


117 


!tl 


11 


— 


5 


26 


•IS 


111 

V 

VI 


— 


— 


7 


20 


_ 


— 


_ 




VII 


■~~ 


— 


— 





Grade 

I 

II 

III 

IV 

V 

VI 

VII 

VIII 

IX 

X 

XI 



— 


— 


__ 


„-. 


3 


7 


G 


4 


84 


27 


12 


r. 


3 


3 


— 


. — 


88 


24 


21 


<) 


7 


o 


1 


— 


Ar, 


80 


27 


12 


7 


3 


3 


- - 


11 


IS 


38 


25 


34 


17 


(> 


1 




10 


21 


22 


28 


10 


13 


5 




— 


2 


14 


28 


13 


12 


13 



10 



219 
7 
1 



141 

3S 

11 

1 



102 

7 -I 

31 

7 



2S 

■It 
(;3 

28 

28 

4 



12 

121 
."(1 

r>f> 

4(i 

27 

16 

3 



13 
40 
29 
37 
27 
9 
4 



8 
24 
35 
17 
32 

4 
8 



•t 

8 

17 

17 

22 

17 

9 

5 



1 

3 

8 

6 

17 

15 

10 

10 

8 

Z 



TVtai 10 227 191 214 223 218 228 217 173 160 102 77 33 29 



25 
530 
227 

198 
Ifi.H 

lis 

89 

4 



Total 


9 


172 


160 162 166 174 166 168 121 128 67 52 


28 


28 


1581 








Age — Grade Distribution — Larecr Schools. 








Ave 


5 


6 


7 8 9 10 11 12 IS 14 15 16 


17 


18 


Total 



Grade 

I — 62 IM 11 •.! ;i 1 .-_____ _ 101 

II — 2 13 2(! It 7 1 - ^ _ _ _ _ _ 63 
in — 1 4 11 15 C. soil]— — — 57 

IV _ _ _ 4 18 11 ir> S C. 1 2 — — — 68 

V ._ — 1 10 10 S i I - — — — 34 

VI — 3 IS 7 14 11 1 1 1 — 56 

VII — 1 4 14 13 9 7 3 1 — 52 

VIII — - 3 9 4 10 4 12 88 

IX ..-_______ 4 4 9 7 2 2 28 

X ___ — _____. 3 5 8 1 — 17 

XI __.___ — — _ ^ __- 2 3 2 7 



ToUl 


1 


65 


41 62 57 44 57 49 51 84 85 25 


9 


6 


516 


Agre — Grade Distribution — Johnson County 


Ave 


5 


6 


7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 


17 


18 


Total 






631 





290 


1 


255 


— 


305 


1 


1S7 


12 


141 


7 


58 


3 


82 


h- 


17 


2 


'7 



1097 



Table Showing: the Number and r«TronJnK«"» of (>v»t-Ako or Retarded ("hiiareii in 
the Sclioola of Johnson County. 



II III IV V VI VII VIII IX 



XI 



Grades 



No. ..f 

Pupils 237 119 137 ItiC. 122 S7 73 22 4 — Oiu'-iuul- I wo 

Per Cent 44.7 65.6 69.1 79.1 79.7 73.7 82.0 88.0 100. — — Teticher Schools 



No. of , , ^ . , 

Pupils 24 22 2s 32 IX 26 20 IT 11 1 2 I,Hr>ioi- Schools 

Por Cent 23.7 31.9 19.1 4T.1 3S.2 50.0 3S.5 f.l.r. 39.;! r).9 2S.ri 



Pupite 261 171 163 198 185 115 93 89 16 1 2 All Schools 

Per Cent 41.4 58.9 68.9 64.9 72.2 66.1 65.9 67.2 46.9 6.9 28.5 of Johnson Co. 



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iulil.- MiowiiiK III.' l'.r.<nlaK.M ol Ov.t-Ak.' ..i K.|.,r.l..,l ( l.ir.lr.ii in Ui.- H.-hooN of 

.lohiihiin I ouiily iih Coinparcil with the I'tri iiiIukih of ()vir-AK<- «>r 

Ki'lardiil ( liililnii in lh«' HihoiilM o( 'niomiiH County. 



n III IV V VI VII VIII 



GrsdM 



Ono-and-Two 

'JVttchcr 40.2 20.6 03.5 00.9 flH.8 05.3 04.0 KO.O — - - ThomaH County 

Scho<.lH^_44^7 05.6 0». 1 70^7!>.7^73.7_82.0 KH.O 100. ^ - JohnHon cZX 

«\'*^T }on ^f' '"'■'' '***-2 47.4 43.9 43.1 37.9 36.1 31.8 ~ Thomiw County 

.Sch.,olH 23 .7 34.9 49,1 47.1 38.2 BO.O 38.6 61.5 39 .3 5 9 w.n Johluion County 

Th(3 A^(i-Crade lahltis printed on iht; preceding pages 
were compiled from the teachers' reports for the month of 
January, ]fi21. A span of two years is alIow(;d {'or the coni- 
pit.'tion of each grade and the table is therefore vi^ry liheral. 
Children are supposed to enter the first grade at the age of 
six. Thus children in the first grade six or seven years of 
age are considered normal; children in the second grade 
seven or eight years of age are considered normal, and so 
on through the grades. Those children in the various grades 
who are older than tht; normal ag(! for their grades are over- 
age or retarded. 

Of the 2097 children in the schrjols oT Johnson County, 
9.32 or 44.4 '/v are from one to nine y(;ars r(itarded. These 
children, because of their slow progress through the grades 
have lost a total of 2,827 school years. The average per 
capita school appropriation for the past ten years is '$41)0. 
Each year this amount of money has been appropriated for 
each individual child and if that child failed to make his 
grade the money was lost to the county. In other words, 
Johnson County has in the past eleven years lost .<j)12,721.G0 
because of retardation. l<'rom the standpoint of the money 
involved any business concern with such an overhead loss 
would be doomed to failure. It would be economy for John- 
son County to spend more money for the establishment of 
an efficient system of schools so that retardation would be 
largely prevented. 

The percentages of retardation in all of the grades of the 

small schools are greater than those in the grades of the 

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larger schools. (See Table above). The greater retarda- 
tion in the small schools is due to the unfavorable condi- 
tions of these schools. (See discussion on p. 4). The 
problem of Retardation in Johnson County is more serious 
than it is in Thomas County. This is especially true of the 
small schools of Johnson County. Thomas County has a 
shorter school term than Johnson, but a stronger teaching 
force. This fact adds emphasis to the well known truth 
that the success and effectiveness of any school system de- 
pends upon the strength of its teaching force. 

Children who drop out of school before they reach the 
seventh grade have not acquired the elementary principles 
of an education. Of 530 children entering the first grade 
in the small schools, only 89 or 16.8' ( stay in school long 
enough to reach the seventh grade; of 101 children entering 
the first grade in the larger schools 52, or 51.4 7f reach the 
seventh grade. Johnson County is failing to educate this 
number of children who drop out of school in the lower 
grades. The larger schools are holding more (a little more 
than three times as many per hundred) of the children in 
school than the smaller schools. If the people wish for all 
of the future citizens of Johnson County to be educated, the 
little helpless, hopeless, inefficient one-and-two-teacher 
schools will have to give place to large, efficient, consoli- 
dated school plants. 

CLASSROOM WORK. 

In order to get an accurate idea of the quality of class- 
room work being done in the schools, simple educational 
tests were given in the fundamental or most important 
school subjects — reading, language, arithmetic, spelling and 
writing. These tests have been given under the same con- 
ditions to thousands of pupils in representative schools in 
all parts of the United States. The median or average 
scores made by the large number of pupils in each grade 
to whom the tests were given have been carefully worked 

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out and given as Standard Scores. The Standards, there- 
'fore, do not represent perfect scores, but scores made by 
average children in schools in which the teaching has been 
well done. The scores made on the tests by the pupils in 
the various schools of Johnson County are given in the 
tables included in the discussion of each subject. If the 
members of the County Board of Education, the teachers, 
and the people of the county will study the tables care- 
fully, they will be able to know, to a certain extent, whether 
or not their children are being taught as well as they might 
be taught. 



READING 

The Monroe Silent Reading Test was given to all the 
grades from the third through the eleventh. Test I was 
given to grades III, IV and V; Test II was given to grades 
VI, VII and VIII ; Test II was given to grades IX, X and XI. 
A part of the first page of exercises in Test II is printed 
below : 





No. 1 








Oil floats on wter because it is 


light- 




Rate 


er than water. Water mixes with 


water 


Compre- 


Value 
5 


because milk and water are of 


equal 


hension 
Value 




weight. 




2 




Which is lighter, oil or milk? 








No. 2 








At evening when I go to bed 








I see the stars shine overhead; 






Rate 
Value 


They are the little daisies white 




Compre- 
hension 


7 


That dot the meadow of the night. 


Value 




What are the little white daisies of 


2 




the night? 















13 





No. 3 






suns and skies and clouds of June, 




(12) 
Rate 
Value 


And flowers of June together, 
You can not rival for one hour 


Compre- 
hension 


7 


October's bright blue weather. 


Value 
3 


(19) 


Which month does this stanza say is 
the more pleasant? 











Each of the three tests, as is shown by the section of 
Test II printed above, consists of a series of simple para- 
graphs v^ith a question at the enci, which question can be 
easily answered if the paragraph is understood when read. 
The pupils are given five minutes in which to read as many 
of the paragraphs and to answer as many of the questions 
as possible. The test measures the pupil's rate of reading 
and his ability to understand what he has read. The rate 
of reading is indicated by the Rate Score (see table p. 15) 
which means the number of words read per minute. The 
ability to understand what has been read is indicated by 
the Comprehension Score (See Comp. score in table) . Each 
pupil's rate score in reading depends on the number of para- 
graphs read in the five minutes and his comprehension score 
depends on the number of questions answered correctly. 
The individual scores made by the pupils in each grade in 
the one- and two-teacher schools were combined and the me- 
dian or average score for each grade was found. Some scores 
made by individual pupils were higher than the average 
for their grade and some were lower, but the median or 
grade scores given in the table represent fifty per cent of 
the pupils. Hence these scores represent the average work 
being done in reading in the one- and two-teacher schools. 
The teaching of reading in some of the schools is better 
than the average and in others it is poorer. In like manner 
the scores made by the pupils in the larger schools 
(Wrightsville, Scott, and Kite) were combined and the me- 
dian score for each grade was found. The scores of the 
larger schools given in the table represent the average 



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work in reading in this type of school in Johnson County. 
The scores in all of the other subjects were worked out in 
the same way for the two different types of schools and 
likewise represent the average work being done in each sub- 
ject in the small schools and in the larger schools. 

Table Showing Median Scores in Silent Reading Made by Schools in Johnson County. 



Grades 


Ill 


IV 


V 


VI 


VII 


VIII 


IX 


X 


XI 


Rate 
Comp. 


52 
6.8 


70 
12.7 


87 
17.8 


90 

18.8 


100 

22.8 


lOfi 
26.0 


83 
23.0 


85 
25.4 


90 Standard 
27.2 


Rate 
Comp. 


22 
2.0 


65 
9.4 


63 
9.8 


58 
12.6 


111 
19.8 


81 
14.8 


79 
20.5 


79 
22.9 


86 Larger Schools 
22.5 


Rate 

Comp. 


22 

1.0 


34 
3.7 


49 
6.7 


57 
8.7 


57 
12.7 


40 
7.5 


50 
6.6 




One- and Two- 
Teacher Schools 



The rate scores of all the grades, except the seventh grade 
in the larger schools, are below the standard and the com- 
prehension scores of all the grades in both the small and the 
large schools are much below the standard. 

The comprehension scores in reading made by the grades 
of the small schools average only 34.2% of the standard 
comprehension scores ; the comprehension scores made by 
the grades of the larger schools average 62.4 -( of the 
standard scores. The work in reading in the one- and two- 
teacher schools is done only about a third as well as it is 
done in the good schools of our country, and in the larger 
schools it is about two-thirds as well done. In other words, 
these scores and the scores made in the other subjects in- 
dicate that the children in the small schools are graded 
about a year and a half higher than they should be, accord- 
ing to the thoroughness of their work; and that the chil- 
dren in the larger schools are graded nearly a year higher 
than they should be. 

The median scores made in reading by the large schools 
are twice as good as the scores made by the small schools. 
It will be noted, however, that the scores made by the ele- 
mentary grades of the Kite School are hardly any better 
than the scores made by the small schools. 

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Median Score — Monroe Silent Reading Test. Laurens County System. 



Grades 




III 


IV 


V 


VI 


VII 


VIII 


IX 


X 


XI 




Standard 




52. 


70. 


87. 


90. 


100. 


106. 


83. 


85. 


90. 


Rate 






6.8 


12.7 


17.8 


18.5 


22.8 


26.0 


23.0 


25.4 


27.2 


Comp. 


One-Teacher 




22. 


37. 


57. 


54. 


54. 


43. 








Rate 


Schools 




1.0 


4.5 


7.0 


7.0 


9.0 


4.0 








Comp. 


Two-Teacher 




22. 


44. 


59. 


54. 


54. 


54. 


89. 






Rate 


Schools 




1.0 


4.0 


8. 


10.0 


12.0 


13.0 


23.5 






Comp. 


Schools Havi 


inK 


22. 


54. 


59. 


69. 


69. 


81. 


68. 


86. 


77. 


Rate 


3 or more 


Teach 2.0 


6.0 


8.5 


13.0 


14.0 


16.0 


17.1 


17.5 


22.0 


Comp. 


Laurens Cou 


nty 


22. 


44. 


59. 


61. 


66. 


69. 


69. 


86. 


77. 


Rate 


System 




1.5 


5.7 


8.5 


12.0 


13.0 


15.6 


17.7 


17.5 


22.0 


Comp. 



The scores made in reading by the schools of Laurens 
County are given for the purpose of comparison. The tests 
v^ere given in Laurens County during the month of Novem- 
ber at the beginning of the school term. They v^ere given 
in Johnson County in March near the close of the school 
term. Notwithstanding the fact that the schools of John- 
son County had done five months more of v^^ork than the 
schools of Laurens County at the time the surveys were 
made, there is comparatively little difference in the scores 
made by the schools of the two counties. This difference 
in classroom results obtained may be attributable to the 
difference in the strength of the teaching force in the re- 
spective counties. 

LANGUAGE. 

The Trabue Language Scale B was used in measuring 
the work in language in the one- and two-teacher schools. 



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Grade Medians made by the One- and Two-Teacher Schools of Johnson County as 
Compared with the Standard. 



Grades 


II 


III 


IV 


V 


VI 


VII 


Standard 


4.8 


8.0 


10.0 


11.4 


12.4 


13.4 


One- and Two-Teacher Schools 




4.9 


6.6 


6.8 


9.2 


11.6 



The third and fourth grades are a year below standard 
and the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh grades are two 
years below standard. The low scores in the upper grades 
are especially significant and show that the language work 
in these grades is not developing in the children the power 
to speak and write correctly. The ability to use correct 
speech is one of the most important habits to be acquired 
from school training, for correct speech and refined man- 
ners make it possible for an individual to move with ease 
and confidence in any group in society. If any particular 
school or type of schools is failing to give its pupils that 
training, that school or type of school is failing to meet the 
needs of a democratic people. 

Charters' Diagnostic Language Test Miscellaneous A was 
given to the fifth, the sixth, the seventh and the eighth 
grades of the Wrightsville School. The fifth and the eighth 
grades were above the standard and the sixth and seventh 
grades were below the standard. Since the present stand- 
ard scores are tentative none of the scores are given. The 
sixth grade score made on the test was lower than the fifth 
grade score. This fact indicates that it would be well for 
the superintendent to investigate the language work in 
these two grades. 

ARITHMETIC. 

The arithmetic test used in the survey was Woody-Mc- 
Call's Mixed Fundamentals Form 11. The test consists of 
35 miscellaneous examples involving the addition, subtrac- 
tion, multiplication, and division of simple numbers, frac- 
tions, and decimals. These examples are printed on one sheet 
and so arranged that they increase in difficulty. A time 
limit of 20 minutes is allowed for the completion of the test. 

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Table Showing the Median Scores Made in Arithmetic by the Schools of Johnson 
County as Compared with the Standard Scores. 



Grades 


II 


III 


IV 


V 


VI 


VII 






. 13.0 


18.5 


24.0 


28.5 


31.0 








Larger Schools 






13.8 


15.0 


17.5 


24.5 


One- and Two-Teacher Schools 




7.6 


11.4 


13.8 


16.5 


22.8 



The fourth and fifth grades in the larger schools are 
about a year below standard ; the sixth and seventh grades 
are about two years below standard, and the grades in the 
small schools average a little more than two years below 
the standard. The scores made by all of the grades in the 
large schools are higher than the scores made by the small 
schools. The papers show that the children are very in- 
accurate in their work. This is because they have not mas- 
tered the addition, subtraction, and multiplication of the 
simple number combinations. The teachers in the small 
schools have so many classes that they do not have time 
to give as much drill work in arithmetic as the lower grades 
should have. The low scores in the upper grades in both 
the large and the small schools seem to be due to the fact 
that the children in these grades have not mastered divis- 
ion and know very little about fractions and decimals. Prac- 
tically all of the pupils in these grades seem to be unable to 
divide decimals by decimals. 

SPELLING 

Dr. Monroe's Timed Sentence Spelling Test was given to 
some of the grades in the Wrightsville School and in one 
or two of the country schools. The test consists of 50 words 
given in sentences as a dictation exercise. The words in 
the test were selected from Ayrs' Spelling Scale. 

Table Showing the Median Per Cent of Words Spelled Correctly by the Grades of 

the Wrightsville School asCompared with the Standard Medians and 
with the Medians of the Grades in the Dublin School System. 



Grade 


IV 


V 


VI 


VII 


VIII 


IX 

86 

72 
88 


X 

90 
86 
90 


XI 


Standard (Per Cent).. 

Wrightsville , 

Dublin Schools 


....78 
....71 
...74 


66 
63 


80 

78 


70 
58 
66 


85 
78 
72 


94 
82 
92 



The fourth grade of the Wrightsville School is almost 

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up to standard, but the other grades are very much below 
the standard score. The test was given in the Dublin 
Schools in December and in the Wrightsville School during 
the last week in March. But the scores made by the Dublin 
Schools in all of the grades except the eighth are higher 
than the scores made by the Wrightsville School. The low 
scores made by the pupils in the upper grades indi- 
cate that the teachers of these grades should give more 
time to written spelling and to dictation. Most of the 
schools in the state in which this test has been given have 
made low scores. This is due to the fact that the teaching 
of spelling in our schools has been largely oral. This meth- 
od of teaching spelling does not develop the ability to spell 
words correctly in writing. 

The scores made by the country schools in which the 
test was given are not included in the table because they 
would not represent the work of all the small schools. They 
were much lower, accordingly, than the scores made by the 
Wrightsville School. 



WRITING 

Samples of writing were not secured from all of the 
schools and for this reason none of the scores are given. 
Those samples that were secured and graded show that writ- 
ing is very poorly taught in all of the schools and especially 
so in the one-and-two-teacher schools. The children at many 
of the small schools had no pencils nor paper. One of the 
two-teacher schools visited had no crayon. The principal said 
that she had to pay for all the crayon and other school 
supplies which she was obliged to have. The children in 
both the primary and upper grade rooms had so few pencils 
that it was impossible for the children in the upper grades 
to take the tests. Patrons should not expect their children 
to learn if they fail to supply them with the materials nec- 
essary for school work. 



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CONCLUSIONS. 

1. The results of the tests as discussed above show that 
the work being done in reading, language, arithmetic, spell- 
ing, and writing is not so thorough as it should be. There 
are certain phases of each of these subjects upon which the 
teachers should put more emphasis. Especial effort should 
be made to train the children to habits of thought getting 
in reading, of correct usages in both oral and written com- 
position in language, and of speed and accuracy in arith- 
metic. The teaching of spelling should be largely written 
and there should be a regular period for the teaching of 
writing on each teacher's daily schedule. (For definite 
suggestions on methods of teaching these subjects, see the 
Manual for Georgia Teachers.) 

2. The larger schools in the county are doing much 
better work than the small schools. The poor work done 
by the small schools is due to the unfavorable physical 
conditions of these schools, to untrained teachers, and to 
the fact that the teachers of these schools have so many 
classes that it is impossible for them to do their best teach- 
ing. 

3. Suggestions are given elsewhere in this report for 
the improvement of the school system of Johnson County. 
It will take years of effective leadership, careful super- 
vision, and hardwork to carry out these suggestions. But 
it is earnestly hoped that the school authorities, the teach- 
ers, and the people, in the spirit of co-operation and with a 
vision of the needs and possibilities of the whole county, 
will set themselves to that task, knowing that a good school 
within reach of every community will bring them and their 
children and the children of the future into the fullness of 
intelligent and prosperous citizenship. 



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THE WRIGHTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. 

Prof. W. B. Branham, Superintendent. 



The Wrightsville High School is a fully accredited Four Year High 
School receiving aid from the State as a county high school. With 
spacious grounds, good equipment, an able faculty, departments of 
music and home economics, etc., the school is serving the county well, 
and is an important pait of the county school system. 

Considerable improvements are being planned for the play-grounds, 
already partly equipped. Morte teachers for high school work and a 
better equipped science laboratory would add to the efficiency of the 
school. 

As a Senior High School this institution should be able to serve 
the entire county. 



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SCOTT SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Prof. D. H. Gillian, Miss Kate Heard, Miss Evelyn Jordan, 
Mrs. Jessie Watkins, Miss Louella Brown, Scott, Ga. 



Location: Several small schools are very near Scott. 



Grounds:.... Area, 



-; title 



-; shade trees; ample 



playgrounds; some play equipment; supervised play; no 
school g-ardens; two septic tank toilets. 



Building: Value $3,000.00; four rooms (teaching in hall); improperly 
lighted; well kept; no cloak rooms; proper ventilation; heat- 
ed by stoves; painted inside and outside. 



Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; four teach- 
ers' desks; good hyloplate blackboard; sand tables; one globe; 
5 framed pictures; a small library; a reference dictionary; a 
covered water cooler. 



Organization: Five teachers; ten grades; 



pupils; 



ent; twenty-one club members; eight months school year. 



pres- 



Maintenance: $3,760.00 County and Local tax; $500.00 State Aid. 

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KITE SCHOOL. 



Teachers: L. E. Culbertson, Mrs. Ruby Claxton, Mrs. D. G. Harrison^ 
Miss Eloise Brown, Miss Susie New, Kite, Ga. 



Location: One and one-half miles north to Thorn; three miles west 
to Rehobeth; three miles south to Wheeler. 



Grounds: Area, four acres; titles in City of Kite; level; clean; good 
playgrounds; play equipment; supervised play; no gardens; 
two surface toilets in bad condition. 



Buildings: Value $8,000.00; five rooms and auditorium; improperly 
lighted; clean and in good condition; well kept; one cloak 
room; good ventilation; heated by stoves; unpainted inside; 
outside brick. 

Equipment: Patent desks; some teachers' desks; good blackboards; 
no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; some framed 
pictures; a library; a reference dictionary; hydrant in yard. 



Organization: Five teachers; ten grades; no programs posted; no 
industrial work; canning, pig and poultry clubs; a literary 
club; Ladies Civic League; eight months school year. 

Maintenance: $2,776.00 from County; $270.00 local tax. 

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MEEKS SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Miss Emma Thomas, Miss Pauline Blackshear. 
Location: Three miles northwest to Providence. 



Grounds: Area, three acres; titles in trustees; being' improved; 
very good playgrounds; no play equipment; supervised play; 
school gardens. 



Building: Value, $3,500; tw^o rooms; well lighted; new; cloak rooms; 
unpainted; heated by small stoves. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' table; good blackboards; 
no maps; no charts; no g'lobes; no framed pictures; no li; 
brary; no reference dictionary. 



Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 78 pupils; 57 present; 
pig and poultry clubs; Parent-Teacher Association; seven 
months school year. 

Maintenance: $1,050.00 per year from County and supplemented by 
local tax. 



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MINTON'S CHAPEL. 



Teachers: Miss Eva Watson, Miss Sallie Mae Garrett. 



Location : 



Grounds: Area, 



-; title 



ment; no gardens; two surface toilets. 



-; level; no play equip- 



Building: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; small 
cloak rooms; heated by stoves; unpainted inside; has been 
painted on the outside; very well kept. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; hyloplate 
blackboard; one map; no charts; no globes; no framed pic- 
tures; no library; no reference dictionary. 



Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 65 pupils; 57 present; no 
progiams posted; seven months term. 



Maintenance : 



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MOORE'S CHAPEL SCHOOL. 

Teachers: Rev. B. Flanders, Miss Roland. 

Location: Rebobeth three and one-half miles southwest. 



Grounds: Area, ; title ; a few trees, otherwise 

unimproved; well kept; no play equipment; no gardens; two 
surface toilets in very bad condition. 



Buildings: Value, $1,500.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; well 
kept; painted inside. 



Equipment: Double home-made desks; one teachers' desk; 30 feet 
hyloplate blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no 
framed pictures; a small library; no reference dictionary; a 
covered water cooler. 



Organization: Two teachers; 106 pupils; 30 present; no programs 
posted. 



Maintenance: 



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MAYO HILL SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Mary Wiggins, Miss Floyd Coley, Wrightsville, Ga. 



Location: Wrightsville three miles south. 



Grounds: Area, ; titles (?); unimproved but well kept; no 

play equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (in 
very bad condition). 



Buildings: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; clean; 
no cloak rooms; improperly ventilated; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent and home-made desks in sufficient num- 
bers; no teachers' desks; hyloplate blackboard in very bad 
condition; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no 
framed pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; hydrant 
with individual drinking cups. 

Organization: Two teachers; seven grades; 65 pupils; 55 present; 
30 recitation periods; canning and poultry clubs; seven 
months school year. 

Maintenance: $910.00 per year from County. 



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NEW HOME SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Prof. J. Y. Chastain, Miss Sadie Powell, Wrightsville, Ga. 



Location: Price two and one-half miles north; Davis four miles; 
Greenway five and one-half miles. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; clean and well 
kept; no play equipment; play supervised; no gardens; two 
surface toilets (well kept). 



Buildings: Value, $2,000.00; three rooms; improperly and insufii- 
ciently lighted; heated by small heaters; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desks; not enough 
blackboard; no charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; 
four framed pictures; a small reference library. 



Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 90 pupils; programs posted; 
eighteen and sixteen recitation periods; 8 club members; 
seven months school year. 

Maintenance: $1,137.50 per year. 



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DAVIS SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Prof. G. G. Harrison, Prof. W. M. Harrison, Kite, Ga. 



Location: Three and one-half miles east to Greenhill; Kite four 
miles south; New Home three miles. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); nice shade trees otherwise un- 
improved; no school gardens; play supervised; some play 
equipment; one surface toilet in good condition. 



Building: Value, $900.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; in need of 
repairs; not well kept; no cloak rooms; heated by small 
stoves; unpainted; floor in one room oiled. 



Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; no teachers' 
desks; three slate cloth blackboards; no maps; no charts; no 
globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference library. 



Organization: Two teachers; nine grades; 67 pupils; no program 
posted; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months 
school year. 



Maintenance : 



,00 per year from County and local tax. 




REHOBETH SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Corine Peddy, Miss Susie Peddy, Kite, Ga. 



Location: Providence three miles north; Moore's Chapel three and 
one-half miles northwest; Kite three miles southeast. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; Titles (?); unimproved; no play equip- 
ment; no gardens; one surface toilet (very bad condition). 



Building: Value, $600.00; two rooms; improperly lighter; no cloak 
rooms; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desks; boards 
blacked to serve as blackboards; no maps; no charts; one 
globe; no pictures; no library; a reference dictionary; a cov- 
ered water cooler. 



Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 74 pupils, 44 present; pro- 
grams posted; 12 and 20 recitation periods; five members of 
clubs; seven nionths school year. 



Maintenance: 



,50 per year. 



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SPANN SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Annie Delle Powell, Miss Marie Culver. 



Location: Three miles southeast to Piney Mountain; four miles west 
to Pleasant Grove. 



Grounds : Area 



-; titles (?); fenced; otherwise unimproved; 



small playgrounds; no play equipment; no gardens; surface 
toilets. 



Building: Value, $1,000.00; two rooms; insufficiently lighted; fairly 
good condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; teachers' tables; very poor black- 
board; no maps; no framed pictures; no charts; no globes; 
no reference dictionary; no library. 



Organization: Two teachers; 63 pupils, 49 present; no programs 
posted; school slubs. 



Maintenance: $717.50 




GREEN HILL SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Mrs. Nellie Benton, Miss Ouita Harrison, Kite, Ga. 



Location: Rehobeth three miles north; New Home three miles south. 



Grounds: Area two acres; titles in County Board; unimproved; no 
play equipment; no gardens; one toilet in bad condition. 



Building: Value, $750.00; two rooms; improperly and insufficiently 
lighted; one room ceiled; not well kept; no cloak rooms; 
heated by small stoves; unpainted. 



Equipment: Insuffiicient number of double patent desks; no teachers' 
desks; small hyloplate blackboard; two maps; no framed 
pictures; set of reference books; no reference dictionary. 



Organization: Two teachers; 8 grades; 77 pupils, 45 present; pro- 
grams posted; 11 club members; seven months school year. 



Maintenance: $735.00 per year. 



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ARLINE SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Missouri Powell, Wrightsviile, Ga. 



Location: Four miles southwest to Pleasant Grove; five miles to 
Wrightsville. 



Grounds: Area 



-; titles (?); unimproved; small playgrounds; 



no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet. 



Buildings: Value $400.00; one small room; lighting fair; in good 
condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside and 
inside; floors oiled. 



Equipment: Patent desks; teacher's desk; good blackboards; no 
maps; no charts; no g'lobes; no reference dictionary; no li- 
brary; a few framed pictures. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 26 pupils; present to day 
22; no progTam posted; seven months school year; canning 
club. 



Maintenance: $525.00. 



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CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Mrs. T. L. Hai-ris, Wrightsville, Georgia. 



Location: Mayo Hill three miles east. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board of Education; level 
and unimproved except for a few trees; no playground equip- 
ment; no school gardens; two surface toilets (bad condition). 



Building: Value, $700.00; one room; improperly lighted; improper 
ventilation; heated by small stove; clean; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; no teachers' desk; fifteen feet of 
hypolate blackboard; two maps; no sand table; no charts; 
no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no reference dic- 
tionary; a covered water cooler. 



Organization: One teacher; seven gTades; 48 pupils; 45 present; no 
program posted; twenty-five recitation periods; no school 
clubs; seven months school year. 



Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County. 



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GREENWAY SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Elizabeth Rushin, Barwo, Georgia, R. F. D. No. 5. 



Location: Powell's Chapel three miles west; Price School five miles 
southwest. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles conditional; unimproved but clean 
and well kept; a school garden; no play equipment but play 
is supervised; one surface toilet in bad condition. 



Buildings: Value $800.00; improperly lighted; two rooms; called; 
well kept; no cloak rooms; ventilation bad; heated by small 
stove; unpainted; floors oiled; window box. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; table for teacher; 26 feet hylo- 
plate blackboard; four maps; no sand table; no charts; no 
g'lobes; no reference dictionary; no library; water in open 
buckets; individual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; 6 grades; 40 pupils; no program posted; 
no school clubs; no community clubs; pig club with four 
members; 7 months school year. 

Maintenance: $630.00 per year. 



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RED HILL SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Bessie Smith, Miss Dovie Ellis, Wrightsville, Ga., 
Route 4. 



Location: Four miles to Mattilou School. 



Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); unimproved; no play equip- 
ment; supervised play; no school gardens; one surface toilet 
(good condition); water brought from well one-quarter of a 
mile distant. 



Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; unpainted; 
heated bv a small stove. 



Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; seven 
gi-ades; sixty-five pupils; 20 present; no program posted; 
seventeen and thirteen recitation periods; no clubs; no in- 
dustrial work; seven months school year. 



Maintenance: $630.00 a year. 



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THOM SCHOOL. 



Teacher: L. C. Price. 



Location: Two and one-half miles from Kite. 



Grounds: Area, - — ■ — ■ ; titles (?); neg-lected; small playgrounds; 

no gardens; no play equipment; surface toilets. 



Building: Value $600.00; one room; improperly lighted; fairly good 
condition; no cloak rooms; well kept; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no maps; 
no sand tables; some charts; no globes; no framed pictures; 
no reference dictionary; poor blackboards. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 54 pupils; 41 present; six 
months school term. 



Maintenance: $480.00 per year from County and local tax. 



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STOKES SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Ruby Veal. 



Location: Union three miles east. 



Grounds: Area, one-half or one acre; titles in County Board of Edu- 
cation; trees planted, otherwise unimproved; well kept; no 
play equipment; one surface toilet in bad condition. 



Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; clean and 
well kept; no cloak room; unpainted; heated by small stove. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; a teachers' table; no charts; no 
globes; no reference dictionary; one map of United States; 
12 feet hyloplate blackboard; ten framed pictures; a covered 
water cooler. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 21 pupils; no program 
posted; 20 recitation periods; no industrial work; six months 
school year. 



Maintenance: $300.00 per annum from County. 



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WHEELER SCHOOL. 
Teacher: Mrs. Etta Scivally, Kite, Ga. 
Location: Three miles southwest to Kite. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; unimproved; no 
play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toilet. 



Building: Two rooms but only one is used; improperly lighted; not 
well kept; no cloak room; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; 2 small blackboards; no maps; 
no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no reference dic- 
tionary; no library. 



Organization: 1 teacher; 6 grades; 45 pupils; no program posted; 
no industrial work; tomato and corn clubs; seven months 
school year. 



Maintenance: $437.50 per year from County. 



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PINEY MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Mary Sally Stephens. 



Location : 



Grounds: Area 



for; surface toilets in bad condition. 



-; titles (?); small playgrounds; uncared 



Building: Value $350.00; one room; insufficiently lighted; in bad 
repair; no cloak rooms; unpainted and unceiled. 



Equipment: Double home-made desks; no teachers' desk; poor black- 
boards; map of County and State; no sand tables; no charts; 
no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no framed 
pictures. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; seventy-two pupils; no 
program posted; no industrial work; a school club. 



Maintenance: 



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OAK HILL SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Ida Smith, Adrain, Ga. 



Location: Scott two and one-half miles; Eureka two miles. 



Grounds: Area, two acres; titles (?); unimproved; sandy; no play- 
gTound equipment; no school gardens. 



Building: Value, .$350.00; one room; improperly lighted; unceiled; 
unpainted; no cloak rooms; not well kept. 



Equipment: Very bad home-made desks; no teachers' desk; no black- 
board; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no 
framed pcitures; no library; no reference dictionary; cov- 
ered water cooler. 



Organization: One teaches; six grades; 38 pupils, present 13; no pro- 
gram posted; no industrial work; no clubs; six months school 
year. 



Maintenance: $375.00 per year ^from County. 



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MYRTLE GROVE SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Mollie Pullen, Wrightsville, Ga.; R. F. D. No. 6. 



Location: 



Grounds : Area 



-; titles (?); ample playgrounds but unim- 



proved; no play equipment; no school gardens; surface toilet. 



Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; good condition; well kept; no 
cloak rooms; unpainted and unceiled. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; small black- 
board; map of State and County; no sand tables; no charts; 
no globes; no library; no reference dictionary; no framed 
pictures. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 29 pupils, present 14; six 
months school year; no industrial work; no program posted. 



Maintenance: $437.50. 



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MATTILOU SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina Davis. 



Location: One and one-half miles southwest to Red Hill; two and 
one-half miles northwest to Piney Mountain; four miles 
southeast to Pullen. 



Grounds : Area 



-; titles (?); ample playgrounds; unim- 



proved; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface 
toilet. 



Building: Value $450.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak 
room; unpainted and unceiled; roof in bad condition. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; poor black- 
boards; no maps; no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no 
framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: 1 teacher; seven grades; 28 pupils, 13 present; no 
program posted; no industrial work; no school clubs; seven 
months school year. 



Maintenance: $437.50. 



43 




LIBERTY GROVE SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Mrs. Gordy. 

Location: 
Grounds: 



Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak- 
rooms; unpainted; in fairly g'ood condition. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's desk; poor blackboard; 
maps; a sand table; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; 
no library; no reference dictionary. 



Organization: One teacher; seven gTades; six months school year. 
Maintenance: $525.00. 



44 




GETHSAMANE SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Mrs. N. D. Paul, Wrightsville, Ga. 



Location: Wrightsville three miles west; Liberty Grove four miles 
southeast. 



Grounds: One acre; titles in ; clean and well kept 

but unimproved; no play equipment; no school gardens; play 
supervised; one surface toilet in poor condition. 



Building: Value, $700.00; insufficiently and improperly lighted; ceil; 
ed; orderly and well kept; no cloak rooms; improper venti- 
lation; heated by small stove; unpainted. 

Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; 3 small hylo- 
plate blackboard; two maps; sand tables; no charts; no ref- 
erence dictionary; no library; water in open buckets; in- 
dividual drinking cups. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 30 pupils; 22 present, 48 
recitation periods; no prog'ram posted; do some industrial 
work; no school clubs; no community clubs; seven months 
school year. 

Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County. 



45 




EUREKA SCHOOL. 



Teacher; Miss Lizzie May Brantley, Adrain, Ga. 



Location: Oak Hill three miles south; Red Hill three miles northwest. 



Grounds : Area 



-; titles (?); grounds unimproved; no 



playgTound equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets 
(bad condition). 



Building: Value $500.00; two rooms; insufficiently and improperly 
lighted; one room ceiled; in need of repair; no cloak room; 
unpainted; heated by small stove; building dirty and uncared 
for. 



Equipment: Uncomfortable, home-made desks; one teacher's desk; 
poor blackboard; no maps; no charts; no globes; no framed 
pictures; no reference dictionary; a covered water cooler. 



Organization: One teacher; eight grades; 53 pupils, 28 present; 36 
recitation periods; no program posted; no industrial work; 
no school clubs; no community club; eight canning club mem- 
bers; four corn club members; seven months school year. 

Maintenance: $525.00 per year from County. 



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EDGE HILL SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Pauline Hammock, Wrightsville, Ga. 



Location: Brantley's Chapel two and one-half miles west; Wrights- 
ville three and one-half miles north. 

Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); good shade trees but otherwise 
unimproved; not well kept; no playground equipment; no 
school gardens; two surface toilets in fairly good condition. 

Buildings: Value $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; partly ceil- 
ed; not well kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's table; one primary 
chart; a small globe; eight pictures; no library; no reference 
dictionary; covered water cooler and individual drinking 
cups. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 38 pupils; 24 present; 25 
recitation periods; program posted; no industrial work; no 
school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. 

Maintenance: $437.50 per year from County. 



47 




UNION SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Estelle Barnes, Tennille, Ga. 



Location: Hollywood three and a half miles east. 



Grounds: Area, two acres; titles in (?); unimproved; no play equip- 
ment; play supervised; a flower garden; two surface toilets. 



Building: Value, $750.00; one large room; improperly lighted; very 
well kept; two cloak rooms; heated by small stove; unpainted; 
used for church purposes sometimes. 

Equipment: Insufficient number of double patent desks; no maps; 
no sand tables; no charts; no globes; no fi-amed pictures; a 
small library; book case; organ; a teacher's table; a covered 
water cooler. 

Organization: One teacher; six grades; 48 pupils; 30 present; no 
program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; 
no clubs; seven months school year. 

Maintenance: $350.00 per annum from County. 

Remarks: Some pupils were without pencils; no crayon; room was 
very bare; no evidence of pupils' work. 



48 




SUNSHINE SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Mrs. I. H. Pierce, Wrightsville, Ga. 



Location: Two and one-half miles east to Arline Chapel; three and 
one-half miles north to Union. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; shaded; unim- 
proved and uncared for; no play equipment; play supervised; 
no school gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition. 



Building: Value, $800.00; one room; improperly lighted; no cloak 
room; heated by small stove; painted inside. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's table; six feet hylo- 
plate blackboard; one map; a set of reference books; no 
charts; no globes; no framed pictures; M^ater in open bucket. 



Organization: One teacher; seven pupils; 30 pupils, 21 present; a 
program posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; 
no community clubs; no school clubs; seven months school 
year. 



Maintenance: $525.00 per annum. 



49 




POWELL'S CHAPEL SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Mary Bell Davis, Kite, Ga. 



Location: Greenway three miles north; Minton's Chapel three miles. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); unimproved; no play equip- 
ment; supervised play; no school gardens; two surface toil- 
ets (condition good). 



Building: Value, $400.00; one room; improperly lighted; ceiled; well 
kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; no teacher's desk; slate cloth 
blackboards; a map of Georgia; no sand tables; no charts; 
no globes; no framed pictures; no library; a reference dic- 
tionary; no water cooler. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 39 pupils, 28 present; pro- 
gram posted; 34 recitation periods; no industrial work; no 
school clubs; no community clubs; seven months school year. 



Maintenance: $437.50 per year. 



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PRICE SCHOOL. 



Teachers: Miss Clara Chastain, Wrightsville, Ga., Route 3. 



Location: Two and one-half miles south to New Home; three miles 
east to Greenway. 



Grounds: Area, three acres; titles (?); fair condition; a few shade 
trees; no play equipment but play is supervised; no school 
gardens; one surface toilet in bad condition. 



Building: Value, $500.00; one room; lighting bad; fairly good con- 
dition; no cloak rooms; unpainted. 



Equipment: 50 home-made and patent desks; no teacher's desk; no 
charts; no globes; no framed pictures; three hyloplate black- 
boards; two maps; a covered water cooler and individual 
drinking cups. 



Organization: One teacher; five grades; 38 pupils, 25 present; can- 
ning club and pig club; seven months school year. 

Maintenance: $525.00 per year. 



51 




PLEASANT GROVE SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Wilhelmina Jones. 



Location: Four miles to Lovette (Laurens County); four miles 
northeast to Arline; four miles north to Sunshine. 



Grounds: Area, 



-; titles (?); grounds unimproved; small 



playgrounds; no play equipment; no school gardens; no toil- 
ets. 



Building: Value, $600.00; two rooms; insufficiently and improperly 
lighted; needs repairs; unpainted; no cloak rooms. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; good blackboard; no maps; no 
sand tables; no charts; no globes; no library; no reference 
dictionary. 



Organization: One teacher; sevenl grades; 40 pupils, 21 present; no 
program posted; no industrial work; a school club; seven 
months school term. 



Maintenance: $437.50. 



52 




PULLEN SCHOOL. 



Teacher: Miss Gertrude Pullen, Kite, Ga. 



Location: Meeks four miles. 



Grounds: Area, one and a half acres; titles (?); un'mproved; no 
play equipment; no school gardens; two surface toilets. 



Building: Value, $450.00; one room; improperly lighted; a small 
cloak room; heated by small stove; unpainted. 



Equipment: Double patent desks; a teacher's desk and chair; six 
feet hyloplate blackboard; no maps; no sand tables; no 
charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; no ref- 
erence dictionary. 



Organization: One teacher; six grades; 46 pupils, 14 pres3nt; no 
program posted; no industrial work; six months school year; 
five club members. 



Maintenance: $300.00 per annum. 



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Teacher: Mrs. R. C. Douglas, Kite, Ga., R. F. D. No. 3. 

Location: Three miles north to Rehobeth; three miles south to 
Meeks. 

Grounds: One acre; titles in individuals; unimproved; level, nice 
grove; well kept; no play equipment; one surface toilet. 

Building: Not owned by County Board; one room; improperly light- 
ed; fairly clean; no cloak rooms; heated by small stove; 
unpainted. 

Equipment: Home-made desks; no teacher's desk; two small black- 
boards; two maps; no sand table; no chart; no globes; no 
framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 45 pupils; no program 
posted; 30 recitation periods; no industrial work; no clubs; 
seven months school term. 

Maintenance: $560.00 per year; $525 from County, $5.00 a month 
supplement by people. 

Remarks: Building formerly church; converted into school by par- 
tition; unsuitable. 



54 



BRANTLEYS CHAPEL. 



Teacher: Mrs. L. D. Lee, Wrightsville, Ga. 



Location: Mayo Hill three miles west; Wrig-htsville four miles south- 
west. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles (?); grounds unimproved but well 
kept; no play equipment; no school gardens; one surface toil- 
et in fair condition. 



Buildings: Value, $400.00; one room; lighting- improper and insuffi- 
cient; in need of repairs; well kept; no cloak rooms; un- 
painted. 

Equipment: Insuffiicient number of double home-made desks; no 
teacher's desk; good hyloplate blackboard; no sand talales; 
no globes; no reference dictionary; two maps; one framed 
picture. 

Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 52 pupils, 33 present; 
prog'ram posted; 29 recitation periods; no industrial work; 
canning and corn clubs; seven months school year. 

Maintenance: $525.00 per year. 



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WESLEY'S CHAPEL. 



Teacher: Miss Adel Logue, Wrig-htsville, Ga., R. F. D. No. 6. 



Location: Stokes three miles east. 



Grounds: Area, one acre; titles in County Board; unimproved and 
uncared for; no play equipment; no school gardens; one sur- 
face toilet in bad condition. 



Building: Value, $300.00; one room; improperly lighted; in need of 
repairs; not well kept; no cloak room; heated by small stove; 
unpainted. 



Equipment: Benches; no teacher's desk; very poor blackboard; one 
map; no charts; no globes; no framed pictures; no library; 
no reference dictionary; no sand tables; water in open bucket 
with common dipper. 



Organization: One teacher; seven grades; 30 pupils, 17 present; no 
progTam posted; 35 recitation periods; one club member; 
seven months school term. 



Maintenance: $437.50 per year. 



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HOLLYWOOD SCHOOL. 



Teacher: School was not in session when sui'vey was made. 



Location: Union School 3 and one-half miles west. 



Grounds: Area 



-; titles (?); level; shade trees; no play- 



ground equipment; no school garden. 



Building: Value $300.00; one small room; improperly and insuffi- 
ciently lighted; no cloak rooms; unpainted. 



Equipment: Rough home-made desks; no teacher's desk; no black- 
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Organization: One teacher; seven grades; seven months school term. 
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Teacher: School was not in session when survey was made. 



Location: Scott two and one-half miles. 



Grounds: Area, 



-; titles (?); unimproved; beautiful trees; 



no playground equipment; no school garden. 



Building: Value, $500.00; improperly lighted; heated by small un- 
jacketed heater; no cloak rooms; unpainted. 



Equipment: Patent desks; no teacher's desk; no sand table; no li- 
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Organization: One teacher; seven grades. 
Maintenance: 



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